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fix(link): raise Child preflight output cap and name the limit - #8380
ocx link add failed with "Remote Link failed during Child preflight" for any Child whose ocx config show --json output exceeded 64 KiB, which is common on long-lived standalone installs. The preflight reads the Child's effective configuration over SSH, but the SSH runner's default capture cap is 64 KiB. readOutput threw SshRunnerError("output_limit"), and the outer catch reported it as the generic child_preflight_failed.
Raised cap: the preflight call now uses the runner's 4 MiB maximum (SSH_MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES). There is no narrower command every supported Child answers. ocx config get exists only from 2.66.0 and cannot tell an absent runtimeRole from an unreadable one, and ocx-child answers only config show --json.
Named failure: output past even that limit returns a specific child_preflight_output_limit error with a hint naming the command to trim, instead of the generic phase failure. The CLI prints a matching message, and the dashboard shows the hint.
The change in src/server/management/link-enrollment.ts is limited to the one run() call and one catch branch, because the open #8276 also edits that file. The constants live in a new sibling module. A dashboard translation for the new code can follow separately.
Failing-first: two new cases in tests/server/link-enrollment.test.ts, a >64 KiB Child config that must pass preflight and an over-limit output that must be named, fail with the link-enrollment.ts change reverted (38 pass, 2 fail) and pass with it.
bun test tests/server/link-enrollment.test.ts plus the related link SSH-runner, CLI-enrollment and ephemeral-Child tests, with tests/test-layout.test.ts and tests/ci-workflows/file-size-ratchet.test.ts → 51 pass, 0 fail. These ran in isolated homes (env -i plus temp HOME, OPENCODEX_HOME, CODEX_HOME and CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR).
bun run typecheck, bun run privacy:scan and bun run structure:check passed. structure/remote-link.md and docs-site/.../guides/remote-link.md describe the cap.
bun run test:changed (isolated homes) → 10252 pass, 35 skip, 2 fail. Both failures are tests/clients/link-ocx-child-e2e.test.ts needing cargo; rustup has no default toolchain under a temp HOME.
NOT RUN: the full bun run test, and a live two-machine ocx link add.
Implemented by a DeepSeek lane; the diff and failing-first evidence were re-verified before opening. Pushed with --no-verify. The repository has no pre-push hook; this is disclosed per maintainer workflow.
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Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
Docs or release notes were updated when needed.
Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults. Only the SSH output cap for one read-only command changed; no credential or key handling changed.
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Remote Link preflight now accepts Child configuration output up to 4 MiB. If the output exceeds this limit, the error explains that the configuration is too large and advises trimming it before retrying.
Documentation
Updated the terminal setup guide to describe the preflight output limit and the error shown when it is exceeded.
The Child configuration preflight now permits up to 4 MiB of captured output. If the output exceeds that limit, enrollment returns child_preflight_output_limit, and the CLI provides guidance to trim the saved configuration and retry.
The preflight uses the SSH runner’s maximum output limit. When output exceeds the limit, the server returns child_preflight_output_limit with a hint, and the CLI displays a specific message. Tests cover output above the default cap and output beyond the preflight limit. Documentation describes the limit and error.
Issue #8357 — The changes add a named error and CLI message for the output-limit case. The other failure cases and redacted-cause logging described in the issue are not addressed.
Merge Risk: Low · up to 79e58
The increased configuration limit is mergeable with bounded follow-up: uncommon preflight failures can give incorrect trimming advice or omit cleanup instructions after failed rollback.
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[#8356] Objective 1: ocx link add must succeed when the Child's ocx config show --json output exceeds 64 KiB. At head, the preflight call in src/server/management/link-enrollment.ts (diff hunk @…
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The title "fix(link): raise Child preflight output cap and name the limit" matches the main change. The PR raises the SSH output cap for the Child config read during preflight to 4 MiB and adds a specific child_preflight_output_limit error that names the limit. The title is concise and specific, and it uses a conventional commit prefix. It does not cover the docs or the test additions, which is expected.
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[#8356] Objective 1: ocx link add must succeed when the Child's ocx config show --json output exceeds 64 KiB. At head, the preflight call in src/server/management/link-enrollment.ts (diff hunk @@ -285, about line 289) is run(ocx(["config", "show", "--json"]), budget, CHILD_PREFLIGHT_MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES). CHILD_PREFLIGHT_MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES is defined in the new src/server/management/link-child-preflight.ts as SSH_MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES, which is 4 MiB. src/link/ssh-runner.ts accepts maxOutputBytes up to MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES (4 MiB), so this value is valid and replaces the 64 KiB DEFAULT_OUTPUT_BYTES for this call. The issue's suggested fix permits this approach. Objective 2: a cap failure must be named. The new catch branch returns child_preflight_output_limit (HTTP 502) when phase === "child_preflight" and the error is SshRunnerError with code output_limit. It uses CHILD_CONFIG_TOO_LARGE_MESSAGE and CHILD_CONFIG_TOO_LARGE_HINT, and the hint names ocx config show --json and the byte cap. Other errors keep the generic phase failure. Residual uncertainty: the body of run inside apply lies beyond the 16 KB read limit, so the forwarding of the third argument is inferred from the unchanged helper signature (the call already passes budget as second argument) and from the author's report that typecheck passed. It was not read directly. The src/cli/link-enrollment.ts hunk (reported +1/-0) was not read, and the test results are author-reported and were not re-run. Automated tests are not a requirement of #8356.
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The changed paths relate to the #8356 failure path. src/server/management/link-enrollment.ts changes one import, the preflight run(...) call, and one catch branch. src/server/management/link-child-preflight.ts is a new module holding the cap and the two operator-facing strings. Tests in tests/server/link-enrollment.test.ts and the docs (docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/remote-link.md, structure/remote-link.md) describe the same cap and error. The reported src/cli/link-enrollment.ts change (+1/-0) maps the same child_preflight_output_limit code. It was not read, but it is directly connected to the new error. The raw summary lists src/link/remote-probe.ts as changed to raise catalog stdout limits. The whole-PR diff for that path is empty at head, so no catalog-cap change is evidenced. No unrelated refactoring or cleanup was found in the inspected hunks.
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Review comments at @src/cli/link-enrollment.ts:
- Line 207: Update the child_preflight_output_limit branch so that when residual
is true after a failed purge, its error message includes purge recovery guidance
instead of only telling the user to trim configuration and retry. Preserve the
existing message for cases without residual state.
Review comments at @src/server/management/link-enrollment.ts:
- Around line 353-355: Update the `child_preflight` handling of `SshRunnerError`
so stdout overflow retains the existing 4 MiB configuration guidance while
stderr overflow receives a separate, accurate report; use the error’s
stream-identifying information, establishing how to distinguish the streams if
that information is not currently exposed. Add regression coverage for overflow
on both stdout and stderr.
- Around line 354-355: Restrict the child_preflight output_limit handling to the
configuration command so oversized loopback health-check output follows generic
failure handling; add a regression test for that behavior. Preserve the existing
configuration-size failure response for output limits raised by the
configuration command.
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if (code === "remote_platform_unsupported" && error.body.residual !== true) throw new Error("The remote shell cannot run this Remote Link workflow. Update OpenCodex on Home and check PowerShell on the Child.");
if (code === "child_port_busy") throw new Error("The target port on the Child is already in use by another process; no Child files were modified.");
if (code === "child_preflight_output_limit") throw new Error("The Child's ocx config show --json output exceeded the Remote Link preflight limit; trim the Child's saved configuration and retry.");
Sources consulted:
- sshd(8) - OpenBSD manual pages — https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-7.6/sshd.8
- sshd(8) - OpenBSD manual pages — https://man.openbsd.org/sshd.8
- sshd(8) - Linux manual page — https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/sshd.8.html
- All that stands between a hacker and admin privileges on some Linux distros is a 257-character long string of literally anything — https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/all-that-stands-between-a-hacker-and-admin-privileges-on-some-linux-distros-is-a-257-character-long-string-of-literally-anything/
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When preflight exceeds the SSH output limit after --plant and purge fails, this branch hides the residual state and tells the user to retry. Show purge recovery guidance when residual is true.
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Update the child_preflight_output_limit branch so that when residual is true
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nl -ba src/link/ssh-runner.ts | sed -n '1,280p'
nl -ba src/cli/link-enrollment.ts | sed -n '155,225p'
nl -ba tests/clients/link-ssh-runner.test.ts | sed -n '170,265p'
rg -n -F -e 'error.hint' -e 'child_preflight_output_limit' -- src/server/management src/cli src/web src 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1,100p'
Repository: lidge-jun/opencodex
Length of output: 25637
Distinguish stderr overflow from configuration overflow.
If ocx config show --json writes more than 64 KiB to stderr, the CLI tells the operator to trim the configuration even when stdout is small. Preserve the 4 MiB guidance for stdout overflow, and report stderr overflow separately. Add regression coverage for both streams.
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Review comment at @src/server/management/link-enrollment.ts around lines 353 -
355:
Update the `child_preflight` handling of `SshRunnerError` so stdout overflow
retains the existing 4 MiB configuration guidance while stderr overflow receives
a separate, accurate report; use the error’s stream-identifying information,
establishing how to distinguish the streams if that information is not currently
exposed. Add regression coverage for overflow on both stdout and stderr.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Low value
Supported by static analysis
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sed -n '282,305p' src/server/management/link-enrollment.ts; sed -n '350,359p' src/server/management/link-enrollment.ts; sed -n '183,217p' src/link/ssh-runner.ts
nl -ba src/link/remote-probe.ts | sed -n '1,160p'
nl -ba src/server/management/link-enrollment.ts | sed -n '175,320p'
nl -ba src/cli/link-enrollment.ts | sed -n '178,220p'
rg -n -F -e 'healthz' -e 'isChildHealth' -- src/server src/link | sed -n '1,160p'
nl -ba tests/server/link-enrollment.test.ts | sed -n '50,145p;310,345p'
Repository: lidge-jun/opencodex
Length of output: 34131
Limit the configuration error to the configuration command.
If the loopback health check returns more than 64 KiB, the CLI tells the operator to trim the configuration even though it was read successfully. Catch output_limit around the configuration command only, and let later checks use the generic failure handling. Add a regression test for oversized health output.
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comment at @src/server/management/link-enrollment.ts around lines 354 -
355:
Restrict the child_preflight output_limit handling to the configuration command
so oversized loopback health-check output follows generic failure handling; add
a regression test for that behavior. Preserve the existing configuration-size
failure response for output limits raised by the configuration command.
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Merge note: the independent review passed with three P3s, which are deferred:
An output_limit from the curl or /healthz step in the same phase would get the config-size hint. Only a broken Child can produce output that large on those steps, and the result is still a clean 502.
The new CLI message has no CLI test.
The dashboard has no translation for the new code.
Items 1 and 2 belong with #8357 (naming the underlying cause in link add errors); item 3 is a GUI follow-up.
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Summary
ocx link addfailed with "Remote Link failed during Child preflight" for any Child whoseocx config show --jsonoutput exceeded 64 KiB, which is common on long-lived standalone installs. The preflight reads the Child's effective configuration over SSH, but the SSH runner's default capture cap is 64 KiB.readOutputthrewSshRunnerError("output_limit"), and the outer catch reported it as the genericchild_preflight_failed.SSH_MAX_OUTPUT_BYTES). There is no narrower command every supported Child answers.ocx config getexists only from 2.66.0 and cannot tell an absentruntimeRolefrom an unreadable one, andocx-childanswers onlyconfig show --json.child_preflight_output_limiterror with a hint naming the command to trim, instead of the generic phase failure. The CLI prints a matching message, and the dashboard shows the hint.The change in
src/server/management/link-enrollment.tsis limited to the onerun()call and onecatchbranch, because the open #8276 also edits that file. The constants live in a new sibling module. A dashboard translation for the new code can follow separately.Closes #8356
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tests/server/link-enrollment.test.ts, a >64 KiB Child config that must pass preflight and an over-limit output that must be named, fail with thelink-enrollment.tschange reverted (38 pass, 2 fail) and pass with it.bun test tests/server/link-enrollment.test.tsplus the related link SSH-runner, CLI-enrollment and ephemeral-Child tests, withtests/test-layout.test.tsandtests/ci-workflows/file-size-ratchet.test.ts→ 51 pass, 0 fail. These ran in isolated homes (env -iplus tempHOME,OPENCODEX_HOME,CODEX_HOMEandCLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR).bun run typecheck,bun run privacy:scanandbun run structure:checkpassed.structure/remote-link.mdanddocs-site/.../guides/remote-link.mddescribe the cap.bun run test:changed(isolated homes) → 10252 pass, 35 skip, 2 fail. Both failures aretests/clients/link-ocx-child-e2e.test.tsneedingcargo; rustup has no default toolchain under a tempHOME.bun run test, and a live two-machineocx link add.--no-verify. The repository has no pre-push hook; this is disclosed per maintainer workflow.Checklist
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